Research Handbook on the Globalization of Chinese Firms

Edited by Craig C. Julian, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Southern Cross University, Australia, Zafar U. Ahmed, Lebanese American University, Lebanon and Junqian Xu, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University, China

• Contents:1. Industrial Innovation in Chinese FirmsLi Yu and Zhang Yanming 2. Transportation Costs as a Barrier to Globalization for Nine Asian Countries Including ChinaJunqian Xu and Craig C. Julian3. China’s Foreign Direct Investment across the U.S.Chen Cheng and Xiaohong He4. Global Optimal Values of Enterprise Cluster Fitness for Chinese FirmsTang Linjia and Lin Li5. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Productivity in ChinaXiaowen Tian, Moxi Song and Ran Tian 6. An African Perspective of the Globalization of Chinese Business PracticesGido Mapunda7. The National Government’s Role in Chinese Outward Foreign Direct InvestmentDirk Hotbrügge and Sue Claire Berning 8. Risk and Return of Mezzanine DebtYun Li and Ho Kim Hin 9. The Consumer's Role in Globalization and Management InnovationMeng Tao, Dong Dahai and Zhang Yuan 10. HR strategy and practices in Chinese Multinational CompaniesJingqi Zhu and William Wei 11. Economic Globalization and Regional Economic Integration in ChinaRong Yizhong12. Corporate Information Disclosure Internalities in China's Stock MarketLi Xiang and Liu Qijie13. The Home-Country Employment Effect of Transnational Corporations Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in ChinaHuiqun Liu and Jinyong Lu14. The Empirical Link between Innovation, Learning and Performance in Chinese International Joint VenturesCraig C. Julian and Junqian Xu 15. Barriers to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China's Hinterland AreasClemens H. Hofmeister16. Reconciling Differing Models of the Business: A Key Step in the Transfer of Production Technology into China’s Export-Led EconomyDavid N. Macarthur and Ronald L. SchillIndex

‘Research Handbook on the Globalization of Chinese Firms provides an eclectic collection of essays on the state of affairs in the Asia Pacific, with special emphasis on China. It is an essential read for students of the Chinese economy and business environments, covering topics as diverse as industrial innovation, trade, FDI, productivity, value chains, international business, finance, human resources, accounting, information technology and governance. Chinese management leaders as well as researchers of international business can benefit from its insights.’